Not so Little Anymore

Today marks the 32nd week in pregnancy #2!

We are so excited, and anxiously awaiting the arrival of our new baby boy or girl! Over the past few weeks, we've been pulling baby boxes down from the attic, and getting things organized in the soon to be nursery!

Before my "cousin" Amy had her second son Griffin, she posted a picture of an infant onsie compared to her hand. It was amazing to see how small our "little" boys used to be. I too began looking at all the tiny, tiny things Kallen used to wear, and found myself thinking..."he's not that much bigger now, right? He's still my baby boy, and surely he hasn't grown that much."

Well, I decided to put my "he hasn't grown that much" theory to the test! This is a picture of the first "outfit" my husband dressed Kallen in, the day we came home from the hospital!

This is the same outfit, taken this morning (18 months later). He was cracking me up with the hat, and has decided he wants it to be part of his attire all day today!

Okay fine, maybe he's not my little boy anymore! When looking at how these clothes used to fit him, and how they fit him now, I'm in shock. In 8 +/- weeks, we are going to have another precious little angel, who will once again make these teeny tiny clothes look big! Huh...it's hard to imagine.

Mommy Talk Monday

This weeks question is:

How much weight did you gain (w/ picture...are you brave enough:) )
and what did you like MOST about pregnancy?
What did you like the LEAST?

Kallen (1st pregnancy)

With Kallen I gained about 20 pounds. Yup...only 20, and I was quite excited about that. When I went in for my first appointment, the doctor told me I "had a little extra (weight) to begin with"...I know, I know, so she only wanted me to gain between 20 & 25 pounds. I was a good little patient and did as the doctor ordered!

As I mentioned before, I LOVED being pregnant, but the thing I probably loved most, was the attention. I loved people looking at me and knowing that in a few months, weeks, days, I was going to be a mommy! It was the greatest feeling! The thing I liked least, if I had to pick something, was Kallen's head in my ribs. Now most people whose babies are in the correct head down position complain about kicking up in the ribs...but because Kallen was breech, I had a big round head shoved up in my ribs, that never moved. Oh well, it was worth it!

Baby #2

Who knows how much weight I'll gain this time, but it's sure going to be more than the handy dandy 20 lbs I gained last time. I'm at 30 weeks, and I'm at about 18 lbs...so if I gain the estimated pound a week from this point on, I'll be at 28 or 30 lbs. Still not bad I guess...no complaints!

The thing I like most so far this time around, is all the movement. Kallen hardly ever moved (maybe once a day just to remind me he was there), but this baby moves ALL the time. My belly is constantly morphing into all different positions, and I love it!!! The thing I like least is definitely the heartburn, and the exhaustion. Carrying a baby is tiring enough, but chasing an 18 month old is exhausting!!! You'll be worth it too baby!!!

28 weeks - Is someone sitting on my chest?

Here we are at 28 weeks, and the beginning of the third trimester.

I've heard for some women this is a very relaxing time in the pregnancy and things just run smoothly from here on out. Yeah, I'd like to know where those women are??? No, I'm only kidding. That was definitely the case when I was pregnant with Kallen. I had no issues to speak of other than the occasional SLIGHT heartburn attack. I was comfortable, full of energy, and often times forgot I was even pregnant...other than the humongous growth that was protruding from the middle region of my body! Anyways...things this time, are not so.

I have been having the worse bouts of heartburn I could ever imagine, and literally have such a lack of energy that I find myself crawling around the house to get places. Also if I'm down on the floor, Kallen doesn't think he has to be up in my arms all the time, which drains my daily allowance of energy to nothing.

When these heartburn attacks first began, I thought I was dying and that I needed Kevin to take me to the emergency room. I quite frankly thought I was having a panic attack or something because the first episode was the night before I left for Alaska. The whole next day I felt as if someone was sitting on my chest, making it nearly impossible to breath. The good ol' trusty doc recommended Zantac and said the symptoms should clear up within an hour. I watched that clock like a hawk, and the doctor was only about an hour off in her times. It took almost two hours to feel any relief, but when I did...Oh sweet relief!!!

Now I sleep propped up with several pillows (almost sitting), don't eat at least three hours before bed, and watch foods that seem to trigger the symptoms (which actually seems to be anything, so I'm a little stuck in that department!)

I keep telling myself it's all worth it to see my precious little babe here in another 3 months, but then 3 months sounds like forever...so I say 12 weeks...uhgg, still sounds like forever...what about 84 days...huh...is it really that long?

6 Months!

Well here we are...we've reached the 24 week/6 month mark! Things are still going great, and we are getting so excited to meet this little one!

We've started to paint the babies room in a soft olive green, so that if our little one is a boy, we can bring in the "camo" theme Kevin is so excited about, and if a little girl...we're doing daisies and lady bugs!!! It's been really fun to start pulling some of Kallen's old baby things out, and get them all cleaned up! I forget how much stuff we accumulated in such a short amount of time!

Kallen still doesn't get the whole baby thing, but at least now he's starting to hug and point to my belly when we say "where's the baby". I'm sure the poor kid is confused, and wont know what to say when he sees an actual baby, but that's okay, he'll get it one of these days!

Well, here are some updated "belly shots"...I hope you enjoy!

20 Weeks

24 Weeks

Does it ever stop growing?

So people have been asking, and as embarrassing as these are, I thought I'd share anyways!

Today is the official 4 month mark of this little one growing inside me. I've started to feel some slight little flutters of movement, which by the way I'll never get tired of. I'm feeling really well, and starting to get some of my energy back, although I'm not sure it will ever be the same as it was without Kallen around. Chasing him around all day definitely keeps me on my toes, but by the end of the day I crash on the couch, and can barely get up to go to bed. I know, I know...and it will only get worse with two little ones. I can't wait!!!

4 weeks

8 weeks

12 weeks

16 weeks

There you go!!! Enjoy!!! I'm getting much bigger much faster this time. Maybe we'll have a 20 lb baby or something...huh!